i have great news - today i was offered a part time receptionist job for a college satellite (oklahoma wesleyan) close to our location. i will be working monday through thursday 4:45 - 10:15 approximately, and there will be a saturday morning once in a while. tasks include - setting up classrooms with equipment, phone answering, some computer document work, picking up the rooms and kitchen area, and general tasks to assist the instructors and my co-workers. it is a christain college and everyone i work with is a christian. still means the atmosphere will have its moments, but we all know to love one another. i am very excited about this job. i will have three day weekends for the most part and can stay involved with the women's meeting on wed mornings, also i can attend church on sat with bob. actually this schedule fits with bob's quite well. he has fri thru sun off also and will get home about the same time i do in the evening. and the pay is good.
to celebrate i plan to go ice skating with bob tonight. i start on this coming monday. it is just good timing. the job will help me get my eyes of the situation going on right now, and it is always nice to have a bit of extra money (well if you can call it extra... lol)
see, i keep being taken off guard at how faithful God is. things seem so tough right now and it is easy to get super focused on what is right in front of my face. but God is always faithful and He is looking to provide the best for the circumstances we are in. He IS healer, restorer, counselor, mighty. and in the midst of what seems to be my world falling apart - i find He is the One holding me together, giving me strength to love beyond my means. and i am ashamed that i doubted at all. He sees the entire picture from the beginning and to the end - and as verona says, the chapter is not written.
so here i go.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Full Day
today i went for an interview - not so bad actually. i am not sure i want the job however. it is all evenings and some saturdays. and since the position is needing to be filled for a while i am not sure it will fit into my near future.... am praying tho...
also got a call from walgreens - they will interview me on thursday. it is only two blocks away and i can easily walk. hoping for some hours that will float so i can attend bible studies and still get to church events. mostly days then except for wed morning. i can always dream and hope. there is a great job with my name on it...
also had coffee with a neighbor - we are going to the aquarium tomorrow. i am so excited (first i have a dr. apt... tho)
tonight was choir practice - we sing sat night and two services sunday. i am excited about doing that too. i love singing.
well it has been a full day so i am ready to go to bed (oh yeah, i took down all the christmas decorations too - except the wreath on the front door and the little snow man phil and kathy gave to us...)
good night.
also got a call from walgreens - they will interview me on thursday. it is only two blocks away and i can easily walk. hoping for some hours that will float so i can attend bible studies and still get to church events. mostly days then except for wed morning. i can always dream and hope. there is a great job with my name on it...
also had coffee with a neighbor - we are going to the aquarium tomorrow. i am so excited (first i have a dr. apt... tho)
tonight was choir practice - we sing sat night and two services sunday. i am excited about doing that too. i love singing.
well it has been a full day so i am ready to go to bed (oh yeah, i took down all the christmas decorations too - except the wreath on the front door and the little snow man phil and kathy gave to us...)
good night.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Finding Calm
monday morning - well early afternoon actually. i have been out to kinkos to fax off 5 resumes with cover letter and letter of recommendation. it is a bit daunting - i guess because i look at job searching as being a long line of rejections. i have been told that when i go for interviews i am interviewing the job just as they are interviewing me. good way to look at it. i hope that out of my almost $20 spent to fax these resumes i may get a call or two. also have emailed several companies and mailed one off. (kind of feels like spaming... you know where you get a ton of junk in your email or mailbox?) i have always gotten jobs by who i knew. so this "hunting" stuff is odd.
weekend went fast. bob is trying to get "normal" sleeping hours. he has had a few weeks of being up until 2 to 5 in the morning - even later actually. so he is trying to get to sleep so he can function at work.
i don't think i have much more to report. fairly calm life right now. i keep reaching out for that calm and praying for peace. i still find myself getting over emotional about things, but God is my Rock and foundation. when i get off myself and what i think is important - well all is calm.
thank you all for the prayers.
weekend went fast. bob is trying to get "normal" sleeping hours. he has had a few weeks of being up until 2 to 5 in the morning - even later actually. so he is trying to get to sleep so he can function at work.
i don't think i have much more to report. fairly calm life right now. i keep reaching out for that calm and praying for peace. i still find myself getting over emotional about things, but God is my Rock and foundation. when i get off myself and what i think is important - well all is calm.
thank you all for the prayers.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
God Still Moves
i know i know, we all have times of selfishness and self-pity, but i still hate wallowing in it all. tonight i was remembering a time - well that i wish was happening right now. and i don't have it and so i got all balled up emotionally (which accomplishes nothing) and began to feel sorry for myself. and i just could not shake it. the memory seemed to follow me almost everywhere, and with it all the feeling sorry for myself - which only made me more angry with myself for not being able to put it off.
soooooo i finally remembered that i simply don't have the power to put all this aside by myself. and just because i want something so dearly doesn't mean i NEED it. God is really all i NEED - He provides my needs and i have all i need and more. so i began to thank God for the little things i see on a frequent basis, and asked for strength and power to put aside me so that He can work.
there are so many factors in a situation and i can not possibly see beginning from end. i know that if we put God first and listen to Him AND act on what He tells us, then situations change and - well it is easier to steer a moving ship, right....
i can not and will not be able to change a single thing in this situation staring me in the face. i trust God to change it. it is not my job to change hearts or minds and the more i try the more mucky it gets, so i will keep praying and moving, God will do the rest.
thank you all for your prayers - God is good.
love to you and a good night.
oh yes, i am job searching too. that in itself almost freezes me to the spot, but it is time and i know that God provides the right job. He can teach me something through the search also, it is time.
soooooo i finally remembered that i simply don't have the power to put all this aside by myself. and just because i want something so dearly doesn't mean i NEED it. God is really all i NEED - He provides my needs and i have all i need and more. so i began to thank God for the little things i see on a frequent basis, and asked for strength and power to put aside me so that He can work.
there are so many factors in a situation and i can not possibly see beginning from end. i know that if we put God first and listen to Him AND act on what He tells us, then situations change and - well it is easier to steer a moving ship, right....
i can not and will not be able to change a single thing in this situation staring me in the face. i trust God to change it. it is not my job to change hearts or minds and the more i try the more mucky it gets, so i will keep praying and moving, God will do the rest.
thank you all for your prayers - God is good.
love to you and a good night.
oh yes, i am job searching too. that in itself almost freezes me to the spot, but it is time and i know that God provides the right job. He can teach me something through the search also, it is time.
Almost Forgot
almost forgot tonight's posting....
today passed - slowly at times and then it is almost midnight... let me see. slept in (felt good!!!). ran some errands this afternoon. took the dog for a walk - the weather is very nice for taking walks now. then worked on my resume. i have found several job listings online for receptionist positions, so i tweaked (got help from kathy - thank you again.), not sure why i am so nervous to tweak w/o assistance - tho kathy sure knows how to put things. emailed one resume, prepped several to fax, and one is in the mailbox. sure hope something comes of this stuff, it is daunting to be searching. i am praying God provides the one i need.
popped in a miss marple and enjoyed that until bob got home from work. we just watched a portion of the patriot. (such a serious story and we stopped right in the middle of an intense part....)
and now i hope to go to bed. SOON.
good-night all.
today passed - slowly at times and then it is almost midnight... let me see. slept in (felt good!!!). ran some errands this afternoon. took the dog for a walk - the weather is very nice for taking walks now. then worked on my resume. i have found several job listings online for receptionist positions, so i tweaked (got help from kathy - thank you again.), not sure why i am so nervous to tweak w/o assistance - tho kathy sure knows how to put things. emailed one resume, prepped several to fax, and one is in the mailbox. sure hope something comes of this stuff, it is daunting to be searching. i am praying God provides the one i need.
popped in a miss marple and enjoyed that until bob got home from work. we just watched a portion of the patriot. (such a serious story and we stopped right in the middle of an intense part....)
and now i hope to go to bed. SOON.
good-night all.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Second Day of 2008
yikes, this is only the second day of january... feels like it should be at least a week, i think.
okay. today i am looking online for job postings. (never got a call from the guy at walgreens... so i am gonna say that is a no go.) put together a "resume" - man i hate doing that stuff. it is so much better to put one together with my mother-in-law. she helps me word things so much better. most of the jobs i checked on want me to fax my resume to them... so i will have to specify each resume to the position i want. well, no one said it was a walk in the park....
bob went back to work today. left this morning around 10:15 and is still there - 11:08 pm. i think they are back at full production monday.
i cleaned up today and did laundry. long days again....
not much to report on today. hope you are all well too.
good night.
okay. today i am looking online for job postings. (never got a call from the guy at walgreens... so i am gonna say that is a no go.) put together a "resume" - man i hate doing that stuff. it is so much better to put one together with my mother-in-law. she helps me word things so much better. most of the jobs i checked on want me to fax my resume to them... so i will have to specify each resume to the position i want. well, no one said it was a walk in the park....
bob went back to work today. left this morning around 10:15 and is still there - 11:08 pm. i think they are back at full production monday.
i cleaned up today and did laundry. long days again....
not much to report on today. hope you are all well too.
good night.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Happy New Year
WOW - 2008 here already. do you remember thinking the world would surly end before we got to this date??? when i was little i never thought about getting out of the 80s lol. boy am i glad we did tho....
so - no real goals set for this year. i have long ago given up the loosing weight goals and pressure of becoming perfect through setting resolutions. this year i will do my best to draw close in my relationship with God, my Creator. it is my heart to walk in His character, to help others and try not to focus so closely on me, myself, and i. i have hope, because it really doesn't rest on my shoulders. you see, God has the great ability to draw me closer to Him. i find i have answers in Him and that my needs are met by Him. He gives me strength to do things and be things not in my nature. and the more i trust Him the more He can work in my life. so i think that is a good way to start 2008.
i read this great book called "you are not what you weigh" by lisa bevere. good stuff, and i gave it again to God. so far my clothes are getting bigger and i am satisfied. there is no killing myself to watch what i am eating or dragging myself off to a gym. i stop eating when i am satisfied (strange concept), and because i do not like wasting food i am learning to choose smaller portions (boy that was hard!!! sometimes i wonder if it is enough to feed a bird, but it turns out i am full after eating the portion.). and i walk the dog, not even religiously just whenever it is not too cold (and i find myself praying on these walks and getting myself out of my issues and situations...) really kind of peaceful actually.
bob and i went to a friend's home last night to watch a movie and then see the ball drop. my husbands lips were so nice to kiss as we say the new year come in. then we came home and for the first time is weeks fell asleep at the same time. (bob usually finds himself up until 4 or even 5 am.) it was very nice.
God is so good to us and has been faithful. i know He is watching over us and will care for our situation. He really is good.
so i am off to lori's house again - either for football or movies, and bob is going in to work to get a project he has been working on done. he is officially back tomorrow.
this first 21 days of jan our church is fasting and praying for the unsaved and exiled. so every time we forgo doing something we want to do, we pray that He will draw people to Him. every time i choose to not do a certain behavior or thing (you know a thing....) i decide to pray instead. i find i am doing more praying than i thought i would lol. and He is good.
love to you all,
HAPPY NEW YEAR
so - no real goals set for this year. i have long ago given up the loosing weight goals and pressure of becoming perfect through setting resolutions. this year i will do my best to draw close in my relationship with God, my Creator. it is my heart to walk in His character, to help others and try not to focus so closely on me, myself, and i. i have hope, because it really doesn't rest on my shoulders. you see, God has the great ability to draw me closer to Him. i find i have answers in Him and that my needs are met by Him. He gives me strength to do things and be things not in my nature. and the more i trust Him the more He can work in my life. so i think that is a good way to start 2008.
i read this great book called "you are not what you weigh" by lisa bevere. good stuff, and i gave it again to God. so far my clothes are getting bigger and i am satisfied. there is no killing myself to watch what i am eating or dragging myself off to a gym. i stop eating when i am satisfied (strange concept), and because i do not like wasting food i am learning to choose smaller portions (boy that was hard!!! sometimes i wonder if it is enough to feed a bird, but it turns out i am full after eating the portion.). and i walk the dog, not even religiously just whenever it is not too cold (and i find myself praying on these walks and getting myself out of my issues and situations...) really kind of peaceful actually.
bob and i went to a friend's home last night to watch a movie and then see the ball drop. my husbands lips were so nice to kiss as we say the new year come in. then we came home and for the first time is weeks fell asleep at the same time. (bob usually finds himself up until 4 or even 5 am.) it was very nice.
God is so good to us and has been faithful. i know He is watching over us and will care for our situation. He really is good.
so i am off to lori's house again - either for football or movies, and bob is going in to work to get a project he has been working on done. he is officially back tomorrow.
this first 21 days of jan our church is fasting and praying for the unsaved and exiled. so every time we forgo doing something we want to do, we pray that He will draw people to Him. every time i choose to not do a certain behavior or thing (you know a thing....) i decide to pray instead. i find i am doing more praying than i thought i would lol. and He is good.
love to you all,
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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